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Mobile Clinics Bring Health Care to the Countryside in South Africa
South Africa has a serious lack of healthcare facilities in rural areas but some new solar-powered mobile clinics are changing that.
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- Energy, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- reproductive health, solar
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Integrated medicine is future
The international conference on Global Health Futures reiterated that integrated medicine is the way forward in days to come.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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“Donate to health, not Gods”
Instead of donating money to temples, Dr Poonawalla suggested Indian billionaires to look at donating funds for education and health care purposes.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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- philanthropy
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New health resource to improve access to family planning for women after childbirth
Interventions address health service gaps for this often overlooked group of women
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- Health Care
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Patient Data Company Commits to the Business Call to Action While Expanding Low-cost Mobile Health Services in India
Company links health security with better medical outcomes
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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‘I Don’t Wish I Had AIDS’: If only diabetics worldwide could feel the same way
In a 2012 study, diabetic patients were consistently heard "wishing they had AIDS." That’s because, in many parts of the world, diabetes is a death sentence. However, with greater access to information and affordable care, it doesn’t have to be.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- public health
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Accion’s Venture Lab Closes Two New Investments
Impact-investing initiative announces close of investments in seed-stage companies that provide payments, health care and microinsurance products to clients at the base of the pyramid.
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- Health Care
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Mobile Clinics Bring Health Care to South Africa Countryside
South Africa has a serious lack of healthcare facilities in rural areas. In many cases, people must walk for kilometers to reach the closest clinic. But some new solar-powered mobile clinics are changing that.
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- Energy, Health Care
- Tags
- solar
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